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Sadr truce amended

Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:24 AM
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BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A ruling member of the Shiite coalition United Iraq Alliance and the Sadrist bloc added two additional points to a formal truce.

Haider al-Abbadi said the truce included an additional point regarding the prohibition of inflammatory or incendiary media statements against the government. Another amendment concerned the establishment of an ad hoc committee to vet complaints against security forces, Voices of Iraq reported Monday.

Abbadi said Iraqi military units would patrol Sadr City as the official security force four days after the signing of the truce Monday.

"Security forces, after those four days expire, would be deployed in all neighborhoods of Sadr City. They should not be resisted or fought," he said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he would compensate residents of Sadr City who suffered losses during the latest clashes there and vowed to launch a large-scale reconstruction campaign to bring vital services back online.

Iran brokered a cease-fire between the Maliki government and forces loyal to the Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr during the weekend. The agreement includes acknowledging that Iraqi national forces are the sole unit responsible for security decisions in Iraq.


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